The first geothermal plant in the UK could be a reality as soon as 2020 if a multimillion-pound fundraising drive for a pioneering project to produce power from hot rocks several kilometres under the ground in Cornwall succeeds. The £18million … Continue reading →

With the American government recently stating it was withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement it is reassuring to know that many large corporations are still committed to helping create a greener future. The RE100 initiative from international non-profit The Climate … Continue reading →

In the first three months of 2017 renewables set another new record by generating a quarter of all electricity used in the UK according to official records published last week New data from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial … Continue reading →

Swedish company Vattenfall announced this week a £3 million renewable energy study programme based in Scotland designed to shed new light on how the offshore wind industry impacts the lives of dolphins and other sea life. Adam Ezzamel, EOWDC project … Continue reading →

The ILI Group, who are based in Hamilton, and are one of Scotland’s leading renewable energy developers has launched a bond which gives landowners and farmers the opportunity to get involved in what will be one of the country’s largest … Continue reading →

Industry body Scottish Renewables recently submitted its response to the consultation on Scotland’s draft Energy Strategy, as well as its response to the government’s draft Onshore Wind Policy Statement. In their response they stated that the draft Energy Strategy shows … Continue reading →

In a report published last week entitled Switching on; how renewables will power the UK; Friends of the Earth predict that with falling energy costs and advances in storage technology renewables could provide 75 per cent of the country’s power … Continue reading →

With the UK set to go to the polls next month for a General Election political parties and others have been launching their manifestos this week including earlier the Liberal Democrats who included a raft of pro-renewable energy and low … Continue reading →

Last month the UK went through an entire 24 hour period without using electricity generated from coal for what is likely to be the first time since the first coal fired generator started production in 1882. And while this is … Continue reading →

Scotland’s wind turbines have once again broken their own generation records as in March this year they sent 1,240 GWh of electricity to the grid, an 81% increase from March 2016. It was also a 23% increase on the 1006 … Continue reading →